North Macedonia arrests 8 suspected of terrorism

Police in North Macedonia have detained eight males on suspicion of planning terrorist assaults within the title of the “Islamic State” (IS), the Interior Ministry mentioned Monday.
In addition, officers seized a big weapons cache as a part of an operation that noticed the boys, aged between 21 and 31, arrested late on Sunday.
One of the suspects had a earlier conviction for being concerned in IS actions.
The eight had been arrested in Skopje and Kumanovo after a monthslong investigation, the ministry mentioned in an announcement. If discovered responsible they resist 10 years in jail.
The group has been accused of “creating a terrorist organization, based on the ideological matrix of the terrorist organization ISIS, for committing murders and destroying public buildings,” police mentioned.
Austria seeks cooperation
North Macedonian legislation enforcers uncovered a supposed IS cell in September. The eight suspects arrested on Sunday are alleged to have hyperlinks to that group.
On November 2, an Austrian-born man of Macedonian-Albanian descent went on a capturing spree in Vienna, killing 4 and wounding greater than 20 others, earlier than being shot lifeless by law enforcement officials.
In the wake of the assault, Austria requested North Macedonia to cooperate in future investigations, because the killer held each Austrian and North Macedonian passports.